A massive 1830s industrial site once known as Czechia's "Iron Heart" has been transformed into a playground of science, technology, and art.

A beautiful old horse stable hosts one of the largest collections of domestic animal skeletons and taxidermy.

The old castle kitchen where nucleic acid was first isolated is considered the "cradle of biochemistry."

This baroque palace displays an impressive collection of taxidermy, art, and rare objects from the days of courtly hunting.

The Tübingen University anatomical collection hosts an example of an extremely rare medical phenomenon.

Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.

The zoological collection at the Hessisches Landesmuseum hosts some of the world's oldest habitat dioramas.

A Saxony castle houses one of the largest and most outstanding mineral collections in the world.

One of the world's oldest fossil exhibits is on display in a beautiful antique "naturalienkabinett."

This 18th-century folly is one of Europe's rare "garden mosques."

The taxidermy remains of the first brown bear to enter Germany in 170 years.

This giant statue of a vulva became internationally famous after an American exchange student got stuck in it.

A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.

Visitors flock to the historic birthplace of radiobalneology for its therapeutic radium treatments.

This former hydraulic laboratory is now a woodland dotted with old engineering models.

A fascinating and enormous collection of natural history exhibits stained by a dark colonial legacy.

A whimsical museum dedicated to the mischievous kappa, a mythical cucumber-loving water sprite.

This 50-ton ship on Orcas Island has never seen the ocean.

This fascinating museum in an old water tower holds the world's largest collection of Vodou artifacts from western and central Africa.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

The antique vehicle is a preserved relic of Chile's nitrate mining industry.

An artist has turned what most people would consider a bathroom nightmare into a work of political art.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

This underground museum highlights the history of Mexico City's subway system.